Green Ms’s cat is missing. She is very old and not particularly well, so we fear the worst. She’s not responding to being called, which is unusual, and the likelihood that she has made it outside the house is unlikely, though not impossible. We would really, really prefer to find her visually, rather than by scent. I have a feeling this will not end well, but there are endings that are worse than others. We really need to find this cat ASAP. Any suggestions?
Borrow someone’s dog for an hour. Walk the dog around the house,opening closets, etc. Let mother nature do the rest.
What kind of walls do you have, and do you have an attic that would have been accessible to the cat? The open spaces inside walls are sometimes accessible from the attic, and I’ve heard of cats falling down them.
Our cat (13 years old and strictly indoors – never been outside on her own) was sickly not too long ago and just disappeared. It wasn’t obvious for most of a day and night that she was hiding, since there are times when she gets into a new place to sleep and we just don’t see her for a while. This time, though, we began calling her and worrying that she was more than just sick.
I finally found her under one of the beds where there are a bunch of boxes that have been “stored” there. She was way in behind them and it took pulling all of them out of the way to get to her. We took her to the vet and (fortunately) found there was nothing organically wrong with her. But we surely did have our fright that time. However, she’s back to her lazy self and will sleep just about anywhere for hours at a whack. Tough life!
If you have a similar hiding place that you consider “inaccessible” there’s a good chance that’s where she is.
Good news everyone! No, really good news not Farnsworth “good news”! She managed to get inside the cabinet under the bathroom sink. I guess someone moved the laundry hamper in the cramped half-bathroom to block the door and she couldn’t get out. She’s still an old cat and may not be with us much longer, but she seems as fine as she usually is. Green Ms. is very relieved and I am very appreciative of all the rapid input.
Oh, I’m so glad.